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résumé whitening: a standalone construct

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Organizational behavior

the practice of minority job applicants removing or toning down racial cues on their résumés to avoid anticipated hiring discrimination.

In organizational behavior, résumé whitening refers to the practice of minority job applicants removing or toning down racial cues on their résumés to avoid anticipated hiring discrimination. This meaning comes from Kang (2016) in Administrative Science Quarterly.[1]

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References

Kang, S. K., DeCelles, K. A., Tilcsik, A., & Jun, S. (2016). Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market. Administrative Science Quarterly, 61(3), 469-502. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839216639577

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